Petition of Katherine Sachemus

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548110 Date of creation: 1754-03 Petition location: Middleborough Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Katherine Sachemus Actions taken on dates: 1754-04-18,1754-04-18,1754-06-05,1754-06-14,1754-06-14,1754-06-14 Legislative action: Received and read and ordered to serve a copy of the petition in the House on April 18, 1754 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on April 18, 1754 and received and read and dismissed in the Council on June 5, 1754 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the House on June 14, 1754 and received and read and James Thomas petition granted in the House on June 14, 1754 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on June 14, 1754 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred, received, read, dismissed, sent, received, read, concurred, received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: Indian woman, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library. Additional archivist notes: Titicut, mother, Mary Mowett, Mary Mooet, lands, deeds, James Thomas, orchard, sale, survey, boundaries, threats, entreaties, wood, rent, Josiah Dean, Indian guardians, Nehemiah Washburn, William Shirley, Thomas Hubbard, Thomas Clark, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 409-410, 529-534] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 529-531a